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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 81:300 (1999)
© 1999 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Book Review

SPORTS MEDICINE FOR PRIMARY CARE. Edited by John C. Richmond and Edward J. Shahady. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Blackwell Science, 1996. $79.95, 708 pp.

Ron Olson, M.D., C.C.F.P., Dip. Sport Medicine and William D. Stanish, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C)

This medium-size, multiauthored textbook covers many of the issues faced by primary-care sports physicians. Of the twenty-seven chapters, approximately one-half deal with injuries and disorders of specific parts of the body and one-quarter are devoted to conditions such as heat illness, cardiovascular disease, infections, and menstrual irregularities. The remainder of the book focuses on physiology, psychology, and nutrition as they relate to sports medicine. Other specific issues, including drug abuse and the role of physical examination before participation in sports, also are addressed.

Each chapter covers at least the basic, important issues, but many also provide alluring tips and pearls on diagnosis and treatment. For example, the reader is told that examination of a patient who has a translocation of the distal aspect of the radioulnar joint is best accomplished with the forearm . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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